# @EconChrisClarke: Chronological List (newest first) Profile: [[Users/@EconChrisClarke/EconChrisClarke-x-profile|profile]] · Topic: [[Topics/Economic Freedom and Prosperity/Economic Freedom and Prosperity|Economic Freedom and Prosperity]] · Analysis: [[Users/@EconChrisClarke/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - EconChrisClarke on Billionaires and Poverty (2026-11-02)|Post Analysis]] > **Coverage.** These are the 26 items X returned for this account (24 replys, 1 quote, 1 post), from Nov 2, 2026, 12:59 PM CT to Nov 3, 2026, 7:50 PM CT. It is a recent sample, not the full archive of 4,304 posts. Metrics are an X API snapshot from X API, Nov 3, 2026, about 8:30 PM CT, so the newest posts have had little time to collect likes and views. Themes were assigned by keyword rules and may misfile a few items. "thread" means a reply to his own post. Times are Central Time (CT). **Themes:** - **Poverty and inequality** - **Other** ## Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 | Time (CT) | Type | Theme | Post (verbatim, trimmed) | Likes | Views | |---|---|---|---|---:|---:| | [7:50 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117796643710046325) | reply | Other | @weliveinhell_ @ONEBIGMONSTER_ Those were tough years. By the end things started improving some. | 0 | 9 | | [7:10 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117786427996139644) | reply | Other | @ernietedeschi Hahaha | 1 | 223 | | [6:50 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117781525458739642) | reply | Other | @a_cerbic @_edbaez Half the median income is a real measure. You take the median income (in the US around $80k) and then divide by two. So $40k. It is… | 0 | 7 | | [6:48 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117781049514328390) | reply | Other | @spion The $30 per day is adjusted for cost of living. It is PPP adjusted international dollars. | 0 | 20 | | [6:48 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117780928235962515) | reply | Poverty and inequality | @gundappen While wealth can move across borders. It does reside in a particular spot. It still stands that countries that have billionaires reside the… | 0 | 14 | | [4:23 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117744624748183699) | reply | Other | @xiangli07224512 The Forbes data is for country of residence, not citizenship nor country of origin. | 0 | 21 | | [4:22 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117744345902436536) | reply | Other | @zachtrotta @TheOmniZaddy @chiickey An important lesson I try to teach in my intro Stats course is when data presentation choices matter. The number o… | 1 | 50 | | [3:44 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117734604836929651) | reply | Other | @FlokiFish How many cross sectional regressions have you run? | 0 | 7 | | [11:29 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117670593021800582) | reply | Other | @fee_matteo_ Yes. The $30 are international PPP adjusted dollars. | 1 | 95 | | [11:04 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117664219617509522) | reply | Poverty and inequality | @_edbaez Interesting post. Relative poverty is interesting. A small correction, the $30 a day is not nominal. It is in real terms - PPP adjusted inter… | 5 | 93 | | [11:01 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117663489175257212) | reply | Other | @Surferonx777 @MattBruenig I hope not. I respect Matt's work a lot. | 0 | 51 | | [11:00 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117663132353270256) | reply | Other | @MW_Supremacy @jmhorp There is always sense on engaging. That's the point of free speech. Also, the OP cites a peer reviewed article about Unequal Exc… | 1 | 31 | | [10:47 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117660045173510635) | reply | Other | @econosopher Exactly. https://t.co/4xqLQlYuEs | 5 | 97 | | [10:44 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117659237904203867) | quote | Poverty and inequality | More billionaires is associated with lower poverty. Even communist-party-run China has billionaires now. Since opening their economy in 1980 to trade,… | 133 | 2,791 | | [10:37 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117657395551977758) | reply | Poverty and inequality | @ONEBIGMONSTER_ I don't think South Korea and Poland have exploited anybody. Yet they got rich and lowered poverty and gave billionaires. | 5 | 92 | | [10:33 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117656416458809625) | reply | Poverty and inequality | @michaelmezz Two responses. 1. Global inequality has been shrinking for the last 40 years. The global smooth is catching up. They are growing while no… | 21 | 173 | | [9:55 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117646735887778232) | reply | Other | @senatorshoshana 💯 | 1 | 103 | | [9:52 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117646113964708023) | reply | Poverty and inequality | @CWB8686 These are PPP international dollars. It is abroadse measure of poverty. | 0 | 130 | | [2:04 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117528304479768939) | reply | Other | @ali_avci But this doesn't explain, say Poland nor South Korea who were the long victims of imperialism, but are now successful. | 16 | 649 | | [2:01 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117527562754888134) | reply | Other | @yermaand These figures are PPP adjusted, so $30 in International PPP Dollars buys the same in every country. | 0 | 5 | | [12:33 AM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117505340409553050) | reply | Other | @michaelmezz Ah, yes, South Korea and Poland, the great historical colonizers. | 206 | 2,159 | ## Monday, Nov 2, 2026 | Time (CT) | Type | Theme | Post (verbatim, trimmed) | Likes | Views | |---|---|---|---|---:|---:| | [11:47 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117493878089711942) | reply | Poverty and inequality | @Galepooley @DavidHolland Explain to me why there are any billionaires anywhere except the Bahamas or some other tax haven, Gale? You seem to see a cl… | 1 | 14 | | [11:45 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117493263603249266) | reply | Other | @Bamgm14 These are PPP adjusted international dollars. It controls for differences in cost of living between countries. | 17 | 679 | | [11:42 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117492607756435736) | reply | Other | @MaximeDesr93160 @Lockethenes1 It is in log base ten. A standard measure when dealing with a very large variance. | 7 | 130 | | [9:23 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117457556658618681) | reply | Poverty and inequality | @Galepooley @DavidHolland Haiti does not have any billionaires. Gale, you've changed the subject. You originally claimed that if one taxes billionaire… | 0 | 35 | | [12:59 PM](https://x.com/EconChrisClarke/status/2117330701280575867) | post | Poverty and inequality | 1. More billionaires are associated with less poverty. 2. Increasing billionaires per capita by ten fold lowers poverty by 43 percentage points. 3. Sw… **Analysis: ✅.** | 4,740 | 403,858 |